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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6028727" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>The other thing to remember here, when it comes to the psion or gish... is that thus far they have been pretty strong in telling us that only the Fighter / Rogue / Cleric / Wizard are going to be built more "generically" in terms of Story (and thus allow them to go further afield with what the class represents). All the other classes, however, are being built with a much more focused and narrow Story. Warlocks have Patrons and borrow/steal their power. Rangers (apparently) have a Code of Conduct and belong to a ranger organization). And I'm fairly confident the other classes will also have those kind of narrow focuses.</p><p></p><p>Which means that *if* the psion or gish gets added as a class... they'll both have their own focused Story as well. Those people who would want generic psionics in the first PH represented by the Psion class... don't get your hopes up. If the Psion was in that first PH... I'd be fairly certain that they'd probably have something along the lines of Far Realms incursion Story from 4E. If you don't want that singular Story as to why the Psion exists... you don't want the Psion in the PHB. You want it in a second book where more generic psionic rules are presented so you can create your own Story for your various psionic characters.</p><p></p><p>And as far as the Gish is concerned... again, it'd only appear in the first PH with a very specific Story... one that was markedly different than the Stories of the Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Cleric. So we wouldn't see Bladesingers, Hexblades, Swordmages and Spellswords, because their Stories are all over the place (and even intrude on some of the Stories that already exist.) You'd need to see ONE Story that explains how the swordfighter acquires and channels magical power that ISN'T the sciency aspect of Wizard, nor the innate reservoir of the Sorcerer, nor the granted power of the Cleric or Warlock. Without that Story... then a new class probably won't get created.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6028727, member: 7006"] The other thing to remember here, when it comes to the psion or gish... is that thus far they have been pretty strong in telling us that only the Fighter / Rogue / Cleric / Wizard are going to be built more "generically" in terms of Story (and thus allow them to go further afield with what the class represents). All the other classes, however, are being built with a much more focused and narrow Story. Warlocks have Patrons and borrow/steal their power. Rangers (apparently) have a Code of Conduct and belong to a ranger organization). And I'm fairly confident the other classes will also have those kind of narrow focuses. Which means that *if* the psion or gish gets added as a class... they'll both have their own focused Story as well. Those people who would want generic psionics in the first PH represented by the Psion class... don't get your hopes up. If the Psion was in that first PH... I'd be fairly certain that they'd probably have something along the lines of Far Realms incursion Story from 4E. If you don't want that singular Story as to why the Psion exists... you don't want the Psion in the PHB. You want it in a second book where more generic psionic rules are presented so you can create your own Story for your various psionic characters. And as far as the Gish is concerned... again, it'd only appear in the first PH with a very specific Story... one that was markedly different than the Stories of the Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Cleric. So we wouldn't see Bladesingers, Hexblades, Swordmages and Spellswords, because their Stories are all over the place (and even intrude on some of the Stories that already exist.) You'd need to see ONE Story that explains how the swordfighter acquires and channels magical power that ISN'T the sciency aspect of Wizard, nor the innate reservoir of the Sorcerer, nor the granted power of the Cleric or Warlock. Without that Story... then a new class probably won't get created. [/QUOTE]
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